This is really great — @itsjoekent read the entire Apple/Google paper on how they want to do secure contact tracing, and he’s got a thoughtful analysis. https://joekent.nyc/google-apple-contact-tracing">https://joekent.nyc/google-ap...

In short, it absolutely sucks to create a massive surveillance network right now, but Apple & Google are being as good as they can be, given the constraints. This is better than the anticompetence of the administration, or malevolence of the Palantir/Anduril/Clearview axis.

We are going to have to be extraordinarily vigilant; even with a good design, the potential for abuse of this new system is massive, and the most vulnerable will be at risk from surveillance in a way far more insidious & less obvious than the direct thread of the virus.